John's Blog » cars http://johnbain.org/blog Entrepreneurship, travel and life Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:10:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Forget the Tesla Roadster, I want a Lightning GT http://johnbain.org/blog/2008/07/23/forget-the-tesla-roadster-i-want-a-lightning-gt/ http://johnbain.org/blog/2008/07/23/forget-the-tesla-roadster-i-want-a-lightning-gt/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:11:18 +0000 John http://blog.johnbain.org/?p=25 If you forget the car industries earlier foray into electric cars the Tesla Roadster is the poster child of the future. Celebrities conscious to promote a sensitive persona have bought hybrids such as the Prius, but ultimately they’re still tied to the pump. Then came the Tesla Roadster and it’s massive order book of celebs all willing to wait a few years for their fully electric sports car. The thing is, whilst Tesla have been arguing amongst themselves and generally only making noise rather than cars, they’ve been overtaken by a British company with a much better product.

Introducing Lightning, the small start-up that wants to convince you not to by a Tesla or Aston Martin.

What makes it better than a Tesla? How about being able to fully charge the battery in less than 10 minutes compared to the 3.5 hours of the Roadster. Or the fact the GT looks beautiful. Ok, the GT might be £120,000 but if you fancy a car that could compete with an Aston Martin you should expect to spend about the same.

Personally it’s unlikely I’d ever buy a Tesla but I’ve always fancied an Aston Martin DB9 (you got to have something to aspire to right?) but the new Lightning GT is now getting serious consideration.

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